Sweet onions are valued for their unique flavor and praised for their health and dietary character. Onion sweetness is perceived as the degree of pungency decreases. Pungency can be quantitatively determined in onions by measuring enzymatically produced pyruvic acid. The onion industry quantifies a sweet onion as one having a...
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Enzymatically
Produced Pyruvic Acid in Sweet Onions
By
Dawn C. Merrill
A thesis submitted to
Sweet onions are valued for their unique flavor and praised for their health and dietary character. Onion sweetness is perceived as the degree of pungency decreases. Pungency can be quantitatively determined in onions by measuring enzymatically produced pyruvic acid. The onion industry quantifies a sweet onion as one having a...
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of pyruvic acid as an indicator of pungency in onions
Presented by:
Dawn C. Merrill
December 9
Dramatic declines in several groundfish populations have occurred along
the U.S. West Coast during the last decade (PFMC 1999, Sampson 1997,
Ralston 1998, Bloeser 1999). One problem exacerbating these declines is
insufficient stock assessments, especially for species of west coast rockfish
(Family Scorpaenidae, Genus Sebastes) which comprise the core of...
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REPORT OF
Nicole M. Nasby for the degree of Master of Science in Marine Resource Management presented on
The collection, evaluation, and organization of spatial information is instrumental to the
successful development and execution of planning policies and management programs.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide the technology to integrate varying
informational needs into a single relational database for ease in data retrieval and
analysis. The use of a...
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AN ABSTRACT OF THE RESEARCH REPORT OF
Gregory M. Benoit
BACKGROUND: In light of the changes in precipitation and soil water availability expected with climate change,
understanding the mechanisms underlying plant responses to water deficit is essential. Toward that end we have
conducted an integrative analysis of responses to drought stress in the perennial C₄ grass and biofuel crop,
Panicum...
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Meyer, E., Aspinwall, M. J., Lowry, D. B., Palacio-Mejía, J. D., Logan, T. L., Fay,
P. A
Oregon's ocean waters are a potential source of wind, wave, and tidal energy; of interest to renewable energy entrepreneurs and to the U.S. government as it seeks to bolster energy security. In order to install technology to capture this energy, however, it may be necessary to mitigate conflict with existing...
Although early adversity has been linked to worse mental and physical health in adulthood, few studies have investigated the pathways through which positive and negative dimensions of early experiences can jointly influence psychological well-being in later life. This study examined: (a) profiles of early experiences across multiple domains, (b) the...
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
Carolyn M. Aldwin
Oregon
Most research on military service focuses on its short-term negative consequences, especially the mental and physical injuries of those deployed in warzones. However, studies of long-term outcomes reveal surprisingly positive effects of military service—both those early in adulthood that grow over time and others that can emerge later in life....
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(OEF), Operation Iraqi
Freedom (OIF), or Operation New Dawn (OND)?
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